醍醐

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (醍醐)		醍	醐
simp. #(醍醐)		醍	醐
alternative forms		𩝊餬 䬫餬 𨠏醐

Etymology

Cognate to Mongolian чиген (čigen).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ wu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tíhú
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-hu²
    • Yale: tí-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyihwu
    • Palladius: тиху (tixu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ xu³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 提壺／提壶 提胡 醍醐 鵜鶘／鹈鹕

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ wu⁴
    • Yale: tàih wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ wuː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dej hu

Rime
Character	醍	醐
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	杜奚切	戸吳切
Baxter	dej	hu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dei/	/ɦuo/
Pan Wuyun	/dei/	/ɦuo/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛi/	/ɣo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛj/	/ɦɔ/
Li Rong	/dei/	/ɣo/
Wang Li	/diei/	/ɣu/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱiei/	/ɣuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tí	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tai4	wu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*deː  ɡaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醍	醐
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	11625	4250
Phonetic component	是	古
Rime group	支	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	嗁	胡
Old Chinese	/*deː/	/*ɡaː/

Noun

醍醐

1. purified kumiss

   醍醐，酪之精者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

   From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE

   Tíhú, lào zhī jīng zhě yě. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (figurative) clarified butter; ghee
3. (literary, figurative, Buddhism) the essence of Buddhism
4. (literary, figurative) good alcohol; fine liquor

Derived terms

• 如飲醍醐／如饮醍醐
• 醍醐灌頂／醍醐灌顶 (tíhúguàndǐng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (醍醐):

• → Japanese: 醍(だい)醐(ご) (daigo)
• → Korean: 제호(醍醐) (jeho)
• → Vietnamese: đề hồ (醍醐)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
醍	醐
だい Jinmeiyō	ご Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 醍醐 (MC dej hu), itself a translation of Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, literally “cream of milk”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいご [dáꜜìgò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [da̠iɡo̞]

Noun

醍(だい)醐(ご) • (daigo) 

1. ghee (type of clarified butter)
2. (Buddhism) the fifth and last flavor according to the Nirvana Sutra, possibly of ghee or some other kind of butter; believed to be the ultimate truth or the greatest nirvana

   Hypernym: 五味 (gomi)

Derived terms

• 醍(だい)醐(ご)味(み) (daigomi, “flavor of ghee → best taste or part”)

Proper noun

醍(だい)醐(ご) • (Daigo) 

1. a place name
2. a surname
3. a unisex given name

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 醍(だい)醐(ご)街道(かいどう) (Daigo Kaidō)
• 醍(だい)醐(ご)山(さん) (Daigo-san)
• 醍(だい)醐(ご)寺(じ) (Daigo-ji)
• 醍(だい)醐(ご)の五(ご)門跡(もんぜき) (Daigo no Gomonzeki)
• 醍(だい)醐(ご)の三流(さんりゅう) (Daigo no Sanryū)
• 醍(だい)醐(ご)の花(はな)見(み) (Daigo no Hanami)
• 醍(だい)醐(ご)流(りゅう) (Daigo-ryū)